the fecondSundayinLent. Ser.i7. 283 God atnñe muti vntiethe Deuiiis imors Efig, care ; Though he rife neuer fo earlyto feekeher , a man (hall alwayés findher fitting at his doore. Aflidentem enim damforibto tuú inuenies. So it iswith God, he is Rillreadieat hand to helpe vs,wee no fooner feekehim, but he is found . Lord, forthy mercie fake, preuentvs flil1with thy louing kindneffe, and bybringing . vs to a true acknowledgement ofour fins, lead vs theway to life euerlafting. ia it ¡¡kitO, ßs7"4WMtS: ° ",29 °egSt- Mtit THE EIGHTEENTH SERMON, VPON THE THIRD SVNDAY IN LENT. - ', 1 "` Whole Tovnweaue proper World tobe found Firft, Secondly, Efay, Is andto reglore ly; ChriFt Lv c. rt. Erat lefty el)ciens Dæmonium. And Iefus was callingout aDeuill, &c. _ = 2= N this Gofpell iscontained that famous Miracle of one that was poffeffed with a Deuill,beeingdeafe,blind, anddumbe. As alto theapplaufe of thePeople,the calumnieArid flander of thofe Pharifees,who did attribute it to thepk wth ofBel- zebub. Our Sauiours defending himfelfe with f?`ong & for- ciblereafons.Thegoodoldwomanwhobleffedthewombe ' £-' that bore our Sauiour, and thePaps that gaue him fucke. name was Marcella : Withwhom the fruit c,fthis Miracle endeth. Eralefttr eÿciens D emonium. the Deuills Webs, andvndoe his Nets, is aworke fofoie and toGods omnipotencie, that if the Deuillsmalice had not intangled the therewith, Godsgoodneffe had not cometo vnknit it. And this I hold Diuinitie. Becaufeit is the opinionof the moft antient and graueft Doétors. For thofe placesof Scripture it bath in it's fauow. As that of it a, mallthing,that thou /houldeftbe my Seruant to ra f vp theTribes ofLatob, thedefolations of I frael ? But SaintJohn dothexpreffe this moreplain- came into the worldto this end,thathe might del roy the worker ofthe Deuil. Now
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